Well, plenty of new stuff, actually, even if at first glance the HTC U12+ does look like many of the other handsets on the market right now, though there’s no notch here, which will please many. HTC, like Nokia, has always had an exceptional eye for colour and that’s the first thing you notice here. HTC calls this Liquid Surface design and it’s very eye-catching.

Smartphone innovation may have stuttered to a halt in recent years, but HTC has a plan to reinvent the ubiquitous device while also reshaping the entire internet while it’s at it. The Taiwanese firm revealed its vision for the future of smartphones at the Consensus 2018 cryptocurrency conference in New York, explaining how it will utilise blockchain technology to support cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. “Our vision is to expand the blockchain ecosystem by creating the world’s first phone dedicated to decentralized applications and security,” HTC states on a website dedicated to the new device.

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Shares of Taiwan's HTC Corp jumped more than 7 percent on Tuesday after the mobile phone maker said it expects a financial boost from a deal sealed with Alphabet Inc's Google earlier this year. HTC on Monday reported a net loss of T$9.8 billion ($337.3 million) in the fourth quarter, its biggest on record, due in part to competition and inventory write-downs, but said it was upbeat going forward due to the Google deal. "HTC successfully completed the US$1.1 billion business co-operation agreement with Google at the end of January, and the gain related to the transaction will be recognised in Q1'18, enabling greater investment in emerging technologies, which will be vital across all of our businesses and present significant long-term growth opportunities," the Taiwanese firm said in a statement.

Shares of Taiwan's HTC Corp rose more than 4 percent in early trade on Tuesday after it said it expects to get a boost from a deal sealed with Google earlier this year. The smartphone maker on Monday reported a net loss of T$9.8 billion ($337.3 million) in the fourth quarter, its biggest on record, due in part to stiff competition and inventory write-downs. Last September, Alphabet Inc's Google said it would acquire part of HTC's smartphone operations for $1.1 billion, expecting the deal to close by early 2018.

TAIPEI, March 27 (Reuters) - Shares of Taiwan's HTC Corp rose more than 4 percent in early trade on Tuesday after it said it expects to get a boost from a deal sealed with Google earlier this year. The ...

In Steven Spielberg's new movie "Ready Player One," disgruntled citizens in the year 2045 don virtual reality headsets to enter a digital universe where they can dance at hot clubs or race fancy cars through the streets of New York. "Ready Player One," based on a novel by Ernest Cline, features a group of teenagers who spend their days in VR goggles, suits and gloves to maneuver their avatars through a computerized wonderland called the Oasis. "You have a choice to spend all your time there, or make connections in the real world with real people, real eye contact," Spielberg said told Reuters in an interview.

TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When HTC Corp brought back founder Cher Wang two years ago to turn around the struggling Taiwanese mobile phone maker, investors hoped she could stem a sharp loss in market share to Apple and Samsung Electronics. On Thursday, Wang announced HTC was shifting around 2,000 staff, mainly handset engineers, to Alphabet's Google in a $1.1 billion deal that casts doubts over the company's longer-term future. "Our main consideration is that our brand will continue," Chialin Chang, who heads HTC's mobile business, told reporters.

Shares in Taiwanese technology company HTC Corp rose 9.96 pct in early trading on Friday. HTC Corp announced on Thursday that Alphabet Inc's Google would pay $1.1 billion for the division at HTC that develops ...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) (NASDAQ: GOOG ) announced through a blog post that it has reached an agreement with HTC Corporation (OTC: HTCKF ), which provided for a team of HTC talent who were already ...